Arts & Culture
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June 10, 2015
U-M, MEDC launch crowdfunding effort for Detroit maker space
The Stamps School of Art & Design and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. have launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help create the Brightmoor Maker Space in Detroit.
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June 8, 2015
Don’t Miss: Ann Arbor Summer Festival returns
The Ann Arbor Summer Festival is back, and the entertainment calendar runs deep. The festival, which features mainstage shows, free public performances and films, and kids activities, runs from June 12-July 5.
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May 26, 2015
Don’t Miss: Shakespeare in the Arb celebrates 15th anniversary
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of “Shakespeare in the Arb,” beginning June 4 there will be four consecutive weekend performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
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May 4, 2015
Don’t Miss: World War I posters celebrated in UMMA exhibit
The coming together of propaganda, commodity and art is celebrated in the exhibit “ Mine More Coal: War Effort and Americanism in World War I Posters.” It opens Saturday and continues through Sept. 20 at the U-M Museum of Art.
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April 27, 2015
Don’t Miss: Exhibit tells of daughter’s journey to North Pole
The exhibit “Sophie Calle: North Pole” tells the story of a French conceptual artist and her journey to the North Pole to fulfill her mother’s wish.
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April 20, 2015
Campus briefs
News from around the university.
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April 20, 2015
Don’t Miss: Earth Day event features talk by Margo Oge
In recognition of Earth Day, a lecture on what it takes to pass historic air quality legislation will be presented by Margo Oge. She headed the Obama Administration’s landmark 2012 Clean Air Act deal with automakers. It was the nation’s first action targeting greenhouse gasses.
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April 15, 2015
UMS selected for Wallace Foundation audience-building initiative
The University Musical Society has been selected for a Wallace Foundation initiative aimed at developing practical insights into how performing arts organizations can expand their audiences.
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April 14, 2015
Disability studies prize honors the late Tobin Siebers
The University of Michigan Press and Department of English Language and Literature have established The Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities.
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April 13, 2015
Don’t miss: Environmental Defense Fund president to speak
Michigan Law alumnus Fred Krupp, ’78, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, will deliver the keynote address Thursday for the 2015 Environmental Law & Policy Conference: Competing Visions for a Sustainable Future.
